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Student research projects

We offer diverse opportunities for students to join our research teams. Our student projects enable students to develop a range of skills in medical research, through tackling important research questions with the support of experienced mentors.
Showing 43 – 48 of 53 Projects  
Targeting regulatory T cells as a new mode of immunotherapy
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours/Masters by Coursework/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Daniel Gray
Diseases:
Cancer
Area:
Cancer biology, Immunology, Immunotherapy
Technology:
Flow cytometry, Imaging
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Bioinformatics strategies for optimal interpretation of spatial-omics data in cancer
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Masters by Coursework/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Dr Yunshun Chen, Prof Jane Visvader
Diseases:
Cancer, Breast cancer
Area:
Cancer biology
Technology:
Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Artificial intelligence and machine learning
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Determining the dynamics of tumour-immune interactions in lung cancer
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Marie-Liesse Labat
Diseases:
Lung cancer
Area:
Cancer biology, Immunology, Immunotherapy
Technology:
Imaging, Flow cytometry
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Exploiting malarial invasion proteins for novel malaria vaccines
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours/Masters by Coursework/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Alan Cowman AC
Diseases:
Malaria
Area:
Infection, Immunology
Technology:
Vaccine development, Structural biology
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Building a cell history recorder using synthetic biology for longitudinal patient monitoring
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours/Masters by Coursework/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Shalin Naik
Diseases:
Cancer
Area:
Immunology, Cell signalling, Inflammation
Technology:
Genomics, Structural biology, Computational biology, Artificial intelligence and machine learning
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Harnessing RNA mutation sensing for a new generation of cancer therapeutics
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours/Masters by Coursework/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Shalin Naik
Diseases:
Cancer, Leukaemia, Breast cancer
Area:
Cancer biology, Cell death, Personalised medicine
Technology:
Bioinformatics, Genomics, Computational biology, Drug discovery, Structural biology, Artificial intelligence and machine learning
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